NASCAR Information Sunday, October 2, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Talladega
Chase Elliott
Talladega winner – Started 16th, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 10 laps led, passed Blaney on final lap
Winner pit stops: Chase Elliott (5 Stops) 26, 62, 101 (G), 123, 162 (G)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Chase Elliott 3rd & 1st
Best free pass finisher: Christopher Bell 17th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Austin Cindric 9th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Bubba Wallace 16th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 1st – Only Hendrick driver in top 10
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 5th – Only Gibbs driver in top 15
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 10th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 2nd
Season
Most wins: 5 Chase Elliott
Most 2nd-place finishes: 4 Tyler Reddick
Most top 3 finishes: 9 Tyler Reddick
Most top 5 finishes: 12 Chase Elliott
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 10 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 19 Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 15 Ryan Blaney
Most laps led: 773 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 544 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led: 23 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 10 Hendrick Motorsports
Playoffs
Most Playoff race 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 3 Christopher Bell & Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 5 Denny Hamlin
Best Playoff race average finish this season: 5.6 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff race laps led this season: 170 Chris Buescher
19 Different winners in 31 races this season – 8 With multiple wins this season
5 Different winners in 5 Playoff races this season
8 Different winners last 8 races – Harvick, Larson, A. Dillon, Jones, Wallace, Buescher, Reddick & Elliott
Chase Elliott: Best Playoff finisher 2 races this season – Finished 2nd at Bristol & Talladega winner
Joey Logano: Worst Playoff finisher at Talladega – Finished 27th
Michael McDowell: Best non-Playoff finisher at Talladega – Finished 3rd
4 Different winners in 5 road course races this season –
Ross Chastain (Austin), Kyle Larson (Watkins Glen),
Tyler Reddick (Road America & Indy Road Course) & Daniel Suárez (Sonoma)
First career win for 19 drivers came on a road course
4 Different winners from 4 different teams in 4 superspeedway races this season –
Austin Cindric (Daytona 500), Ross Chastain (Talladega April), Austin Dillon (Daytona Aug.) & Chase Elliott (Talladega Oct.)
15 Different pole winners this season –
Christopher Bell leads all with 4 pole wins
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 12 races
Ryan Blaney & Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Stage wins each this season (Winless) – Lead all drivers
1 Won consecutive races this season – Kevin Harvick (Michigan & Richmond Aug.)
First career win for 5 this season –
Austin Cindric (Daytona 500), Chase Briscoe (Phoenix March), Ross Chastain (Austin),
Daniel Suárez (Sonoma) & Tyler Reddick (Road America)
4 Races won from first starting position this season –
Joey Logano (Darlington May), Denny Hamlin (Charlotte), Chase Elliott (Atlanta July) & Tyler Reddick (Indy Road Course)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 16 of 31 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 12 of 31 races this season
4 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner),
Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner) & Talladega Oct. (Chase Elliott winner)
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 46
22 of 31 races this season won by drivers 30-years-old or younger
Joe Gibbs Racing: Winless last 11 races
Team Penske: Winless last 16 races
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 7 Noah Gragson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Justin Allgaier, Noah Gragson & Austin Hill
Most top 3 finishes this season: 12 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 16 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 10 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 25 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 17 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 737 Noah Gragson
Most races led this season: 23 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 13 JR Motorsports
11 Different winners in 28 races this season
3 Different winners in 5 road course races this season –
AJ Allmendinger (Austin, Portland & Indy Road Course), Ty Gibbs (Road America) & Kyle Larson (Watkins Glen)
4 Different winners from 4 different teams in 4 superspeedway races this season –
Austin Hill (Daytona Feb.), Noah Gragson (Talladega April),
Jeremy Clements (Daytona Aug.) & AJ Allmendinger (Talladega Oct.)
AJ Allmendinger best Kaulig Racing finisher last 11 races
Closest finish this season: Talladega Oct. – AJ Allmendinger finished .015 seconds ahead of Sam Mayer
Noah Gragson: 12 Career wins – 7 Wins this season
Noah Gragson: Only repeat winner last 8 races (4 Wins) – 4 Others 1-win each
Noah Gragson: 13 Stage wins this season (Most) – 7 Wins this season (Most)
Justin Allgaier only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Nashville
Best non-Playoff finisher at Talladega: Landon Cassill – 3rd
Worst Playoff finisher at Texas & Talladega: Jeremy Clements – 36th at Texas & 20th at Talladega
Final lead change with 6 or fewer laps to go 13 of 28 races this season
7 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed AJ Allmendinger), Atlanta March (Ty Gibbs passed Ryan Sieg),
Richmond (Ty Gibbs passed John Hunter Nemechek), Martinsville April (Brandon Jones passed Ty Gibbs),
Road America (Ty Gibbs passed Kyle Larson), Darlington Sept. (Noah Gragson passed Kyle Larson) &
Talladega Oct. (AJ Allmendinger passed Sam Mayer)
2 Races won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond & AJ Allmendinger at Indy Road Course
9 Races won by drivers starting front row this season
3 Races won by drivers starting rear of field this season –
Ty Gibbs (Las Vegas March), Justin Allgaier (Darlington May) & AJ Allmendinger (Portland)
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40